Cinco De Mayo: 5 Things Men Should Know

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Here Are Five Facts You Didn't Know About It

3- Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the U.S. on a wider scale than in Mexico

Cinco de Mayo is not a federal holiday in Mexico. It’s more of a regional holiday that’s celebrated primarily in and around Puebla. It first gained popularity in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s, due in part to the Good Neighbor policy, a U.S. government effort implemented at the time to reach out to neighboring countries. Mexican-Americans embraced the holiday as their own day to celebrate their heritage. Popular Chicano icons like Cesar Chavez became more associated with Cinco de Mayo than any mention of The Battle of Puebla.

How big is it? In 2013, it was estimated that Americans would eat 87 million pounds of avocados for their Cinco de Mayo parties — mostly in Guacamole.

4- They love Cinco de Mayo in Malta

Malta, a small island nation in the Mediterranean Sea where you’d be hard-pressed to find even one Mexican, knows of Cinco de Mayo because of one reason: Corona Extra, la cerveza mas fina. The beer began exporting to the United States in 1979, and saw a golden marketing opportunity in Cinco de Mayo. Corona is now sold in over 150 countries and is the fifth-best selling beer in the world. It's taken its Cinco de Mayo message all over. While there’s a movement called "Cinco de Mayo Con Orgullo," which promotes an alcohol-free, family-centric holiday, its losing the battle to skunky beer. Not even the Maltese are listening.

Since the Mexican army stampeded a huge pack of chihuahuas in front of them when attacking the French, Chandler remembers the battle with chihuahua racing. Just kidding — chihuahuas had nothing to do with the battle, but the races happen anyway. Have they no respect of culture? Apparently not, as they also crown a king and queen of the chihuahuas.